#55CBEA#55CBEA

#55CBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.113 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBEA
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -23.85, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 34.66, 226.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.089 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.113 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9475, 50.5794, 85.4835)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBEA #EA7455

analogous

#55EABE #55CBEA #5581EA

triadic

#55CBEA #EA55CB #CBEA55

tetradic

#55CBEA #BE55EA #EA7455 #81EA55

square

#55CBEA #BE55EA #EA7455 #81EA55

split-complementary

#55CBEA #EA5581 #EABE55

monochromatic

#168FAF #1FBAE3 #55CBEA #8BDCF1 #C2ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#55CBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBEA

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBEA	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.113 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf0',
    500: '#55cbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbea;
$custom-light: #94dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.483,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBEA

secondary

#B04D34

accent

#360BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBEA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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